Miniature Medals

British War Medal (2. Lieut. F. L. Hastings-Medhurst) good very fine £40-50

Francis Leslie Hastings-Medhurst was killed in action on 17 October 1914 whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Sold with copied research, including War Diary, m.i.c., and obituary which includes a picture, taken from The Bond of Sacrifice, from which the following detail is extracted: ‘On the 14th October he was wounded in the head while taking his company across open ground to reinforce a trench. Two thirds of his men were killed by German Maxim fire opening on their flank, the rest saved themselves by crawling back on their hands and knees. On the 17th October, during very fierce fighting, a battalion on the right retired without the Worcesters receiving warning, leaving the flank of the latter exposed. Second Lieutenant Medhurst volunteered to carry a message over open ground for help and orders. He had almost reached cover when he was caught by Maxim fire and killed instantaneously.’